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Egypt bans Youtube from the country
An Egyptian court banned access to YouTube for one month, after videos of "The innocence of Muslims" that have been posted in that network were considered as anti-Islamic. Tawfiq Hassouna who serves as a judge in a court in the city of Cairo, found that the videos were offensive to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, […]
Doctors say Hugo Chavez will not recover
A team of doctors who have looked after the health of Hugo Chavez, have now informed his family members that he will not recover from his current health condition, news that the Venezuelan Government will also make official in the next few days. This news has been reported by the Spanish newspaper ABC, who has […]
Xolos vs. America, Tijuana looks for the lead
TIJUANA, BC. Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente will be facing Club America in a home game today as part of Week 6 of the 2013 Clausura tournament in the Liga MX. The border town will once again experience a magical event in the professional Mexican soccer league, where Xolos, who are at the top […]
LAPD officer shoots two women
LOS ANGELES. – Two females were victims of a persecution that authorities have mounted against Christopher Dorner, a former policeman in Los Angeles who has already killed one police officer.[/p][/p] According to the attorney for Mary Carranza and her mother Emma Hernandez of 71 years of age, they were inside their vehicle delivering newspapers on […]
Kayaking and Snorkeling in Los Cabos: Quality Eco-Tours with High Tide Expeditions
High Tide Expeditions offers guided kayaking and snorkeling in Los Cabos. The kayaks are tandem, making this is a great activities option for couples. The paddle out is occasionally hard work (depending upon the wind and current), but it is also very romantic vistas of sand, sea, and surf as pelicans dive for fish, […]
Bud Light donates $100,000 to HSF
Bud Light, official sponsor of the Men's Mexican National Soccer Team, is donating $100,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) to commemorate the team's five-city American tour and make the dream of a college education a reality for Hispanics across this country. The donation will be divided equally in the five states, in which the […]
ICE is sued by 7 illegal immigrants
CHICAGO -. The National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago (NIJC) reported yesterday that it has sued the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Al Jefferson County, Illinois, for poor detention conditions and lack of medical care to illegal immigrants. According to a statement from the center, the lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of […]
Mexico, Caribbean Series Baseball Champions 2013
HERMOSILLO, SONORA. The "Yaquis" from Ciudad Obregon represented Mexico against a team from the Dominican Republic in what ended 4-3, and became the longest game ever played in the Caribbean Series of baseball, in which in the end the Mexican team were crowned as the champions. [/p] The game was played in front an […]
Mexico president promise every effort to solve tourist rape case
MEXICO.- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said Thursday that "every institutional support" will be provided to the effort to track down those responsible for the rapes of six Spanish tourists this week in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco. The crime "should concern all authorities of the three levels of government," the president said in […]
Acapulco, the worlds second most dangerous City
According an investigation conducted by the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice, in which 189 countries were analyzed, Mexico has 9 cities in the top 50 most violent cities in the world which are Acapulco, Torreon, Ciudad Victoria, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Culiacan, Cuernavaca, Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez. Acapulco is the second most violent […]
Facebook’s $200 dollar contract
14 year old, Rachel Baier, signed a "Facebook Contract" with her parents to give them the rights to deactivate her personal Facebook account. According to the contract, the teenage girl will receive a total payment of $200 dollars in two parts. The first payment being in the amount of $50 dollars on April 15, 2013, […]
Mexican Port of Entry partially closed in search of a homicide suspect
The manhunt of a homicide suspect that started in Los Angeles has been extended to San Diego and Tijuana in Mexico, where the Mexican Port of Entry of El Chaparral has been partially closed to stop any chances of him escaping to Baja California. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has been looking for Christopher […]
Protesters rally for Jorge Hank for Governor
At 5p.m. Wednesday afternoon, several group of supporters of Jorge Hank Rhon gathered at the "Cuauhtemoc" roundabout in the city of Tijuana, to show everyone their support and solidarity towards the engineer and member of the political party "PRI". This rally was organized from day to the next by the group "BC Women in support […]
Xolos defeat South Korean soccer team
TIJUANA, BC. -Yesterday, Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente played a friendly practice match against Gangwon FC of South Korea, in preparation to face high level opponents in the Liga MX and in the 2013 Copa Libertadores of America tournament. The time of the match was split in three different parts, where Xolos were seperated into […]
British newspaper apologizes for “mistake” against Mexican President and Televisa
British newspaper "The Guardian" released a statement, where they apologize for linking the Mexican media channel "Televisa" with Mexico's newly elected President, Enrique Peña Nieto, who they accused them both of manipulating the media for Peña Nieto's presidential campaign in 2012. Shortly before the federal elections held in 2012, The Guardian published a series of […]
Mexico’s fight over Oil
MEXICO.- A series of peaceful protests will be held across Mexico in defense of state-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, and against a supposed plan to turn the firm over to foreign oil companies, former leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. "We are going to defend the petroleum peacefully," Lopez Obrador said. […]
Anonymous hacked into the U.S. Federal Reserve
Cyber-activist group "Anonymous" are at it again, this time they hacked into the U.S. Federal Reserve and stole a good amount of information. It is being estimated that the amount of data that was stolen was on 4,000 bankers, but a spokeswoman for the Federal Reserve said, "The exposure was controlled quickly after its discovery […]
Tunnel that leads into the United States discovered
Mexico. – Mexican authorities located an underground tunnel that was under construction in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, and arrested 17 people. The tunnel has a depth of 10 meters and is 370 meters long, but did not have an outlet into the U.S. yet, said police sources that were quoted by the newspaper […]
Have a Baja Moment at the 16th Annual Todos Santos Art Festival
By Chris Sands via Baja.com Todos Santos is perhaps best known for hosting one of Mexico's most prolific artists' colonies, an asset the legally designated Pueblo Magico literally, magical village shows off to great advantage in its yearly art festival. The 16th incarnation of the annual Todos Santos Art Festival is scheduled from […]
Marquez rejects 5th fight against Pacquiao
In an interview with Record magazine, Juan Manuel Marquez said that he was not interested in facing Manny Pacquiao in the boxing ring again. Marquez defeated Pacquiao in Las Vegas on December 8, 2012, and as a result of Manny's defeat, he was suspended temporarily for medical reasons, but the rumors about a fifth fight […]